Where to see
Cacicus cela
Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Yellow-rumped Cacique during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
In Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, Ecuador, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-rumped Cacique sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Amacayacu National Natural Park and more
After Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Yellow-rumped Cacique are in Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 60%), Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 60%) and Anavilhanas National Park (Brazil, about 50%). Outside South America, the best option is Soberanía National Park in Central America (about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are October in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (about 90%), January–February and August in Amacayacu National Natural Park (about 70%) and August to October in Yasuní National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Yellow-rumped Cacique on a given day. Each park's Yellow-rumped Cacique page has the full month-by-month chart.
